Apparatus for effecting intimate contact of liquids and gases.



S. HERSEY & E. W. BLAKE. APPARATUS FOR EFFEUTING INTIMATE CONTACT OP LIQUIDS AND GASES.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. s, 1909.

935,501 Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

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S. HERSEY & E. W. BLAKE. APPARATUS FOR EPFEOTING INTIMATE CONTACT 0F LIQUIDS AND GASES.

APPLICATION I'ILED FEB. 8, 1909;

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

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1 SIDNEY HERSEY, OF WESTMINSTER,

OROYDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS T KIRKHAM, HULE'IT &

, the washing liquid from the fecting intimate contact of and UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LONDON, ENGLAND.

LoNrioN, Ann: ERNEST WILLIAM BLAKE, or soUTH CHANDLER, LIMITED, 0F

APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING INTIMATE CONTACT 02E LIQUIDS AND GASES.

Application fiIed FebIuaryS, 1909. Serial No,

To all whom it may concern:

7 'Be it known that we, SIDNEY, HERSEY, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Palace Chambers, Bridge street, Westminster, in the county ofLondon, England, and ERNEST WILLIAM BLAKE, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 22 Temple road, South Croydon,in the county of Surrey, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Effecting Intimate Contact of Liquids and Gases, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to apparatus for efgases and liquids is particularly designed for use in the extraction of ammonia and other impurities from coal and other gases, and to that class of such apparatus wherein the gas to be purified passes through a vessel in which the liquid is projected in the form of spray.

Our invention consists in an'improved construction: of such apparatus.

According to the invention our improved apparatus-comprises a vertical vessel preferably of cylindrical form, and either in a single section, or advantageously in a number of sections so as to form a series of superposed chambers in a well-known way. Each of such chambers is provided with a tray mounted upon a vertical central spindle or shaft, the said tray being preferably circular in form with the upper edge inturned, and the bottom of the tray being advantageously domed upward at the center so as to cause the liquid when introduced into the tray as hereinafter described, to pass towardthe periphery thereof, the underside of the said dongd' portion assisting in the tendency to produce avac'uum within the vessel which exhausts gas from the chamber immediately below that in which the tray is revolving, and thus prevents back pressure. Tl-xe outer periphery of the tray is provided with the underside of the said tray we arrange one or more tubular or other form of scoops in connectionwith the interior therebf.

The gas to be purified enters the gas inlet chamber atthe bottom-of the apparatus, and leaves this chamber through the upper part by means of one ormore outlets, the said outlets acting also as over-flow pipes for Specification of Letters Patent.

perforations or slots, and upon Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

' chamber. In practice we prefer to employ f a single gas outlet leading from chamber to Q chamberandi to arrange this outlet at the center, that is to sa surrounding the spindle or shaft. The gas in this case is acted upon 5 by-the exhausting action of the rotating peri forated tray in each chamber by which it is also centrifugally directed toward the walls 5 of the chamber into. the spraying area, through the spray and thence passes upward f through the central discharge opening. The washing liquid is preferably introduced into j the gas'outlet chamber at the upper end of the apparatus. In practice we prefer to arrange a number of vessels of the type above described one above'the other, the overflow from each vesselpassing into the vessel inu-nediately below it and the gas being introducechat the bottom of the lowermost vessel, thus passing in succession through the whole series of vessels from the bottom to the top and emerging fromthe uppermost vessel in a highly purifiedcondition, while the liquid-which leaves the lowermostvessel is most highly charged with impurities. J I

To enable the invention to be fully understood, we will describe it by reference .to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of gas washing apparatus constructed according to the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the ,line 22 Fig; 1.v Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3', Fig. 1. Fig. fl; is a vertlcal section of-one of the-spraying trays drawn to alarger scale, and Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof with a portion of the rim removed toshow the interior of the tray. Fig. 6 is a vertical section, and Fig. 7 is a horizontal section illustrating a modification drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1 to 5..

a, arepresent a series of superposed chambers each of which is designed to partially wash gas passing through it as hereinafter described, the lowermost of these chambers a being mounted upon the chamber 7) which is provided with the gas inlet 6 and the uppermost chamber ahaving mounted upon it the gas out-let chamber 0 provided with thegas outlet 0 in each of the chambers a, and all of next higher (Z, d are the trays one of which is mount which are keyed upon the central shaft or ed in bearings e 6 at the top and bottom of the complete apparatus, and is adapted to be rotated by the pulley e from any suitable source of power.

Each of the chambers a is provided at its bottom with a central upwardly extending tube or lip f, this tube or lip forming a central connection between the said chamber and that immediately below it. Its height.

theconstruction illustrated, the central gas supply and liquid overflow passages serve also to permit of the passage of the .driving shaft 6 through the apparatus from top to bottomQ As above described, eachof the trays d,

is keyed upon the shaft e and is domed upward at the center as shown at (Z and provided at the periphery with perforations d (F, the outer extremity of the periphery being inturned as shown at d so as, to prevent the liquid being dischargedover the edge of the tray.

g, g are the scoops which are preferably of the shape indicated clearly Fig. 4, and which depend from the underside of the tray between the domed portion d and the perforations 03 thereof.

The chamber a which is fitted with the outlet 0 for the cleansed gas is provided with the upwardly projecting semi-circular battle it around an opening 0 in the bottom of the said chamber, which opening in addi tion to serving as an outlet for the gas from r the upper chamber a also serves for the introduction of the cleansing liquid, this bemg effected through the inlet pipe 6.

j is the discharge pipe for the liquid, this pipe 7' being connected to each of the chambers a, a and the chamber 7) by branch pipes fitted with cocks k 1 The apparatus operates as follows, for washing gas, vapors, and the like, or for bringing gas into. intimate contact with the l1quid.- Assuming that each of the chambers a can be supplied with a quantity of liquid as indicated in Fig. 1, and that the shaft 0 can be rotated by means of the pulley 6 the trays d, d are caused to revolve whereby the scoops g, 9 depending from the r lower sides pick up the liquid into which they dip and cause it to pass into the said trays d, the said scoops also acting as vanes. The centrifugal force which is generated by the rotatlon of the trays discharges the said liquid through the PGIIO-r rations or slots d d in the peripheries of the trays so that it finds its way into the chambers in the form of a spray which comes into contact with the upfiowing gas,

from which it rebounds and thereby comes into repeated contact with the gases, vapors,

or the like which are passed into the apparatus through the inlet 6 and riseup successively through the chambers a, their upward flowbeing assisted by the exhaustin actionwhich is induced by the trays d,

I It will therefore be obvious that the gas which enters the lowermost chamber a passes successively upward through the complete series of chambers, being subjected to repeated cleansing in such chambers until it finally issues into the chamber 0 and thence escapes through the outlet 0' in a properly cleansed condition. The washing liquid is run off through the discharge pipe is from the chamber 6, normally the cooks of the chambers a, a are shut and that of the chamber .7) open, the former cocks being for flushing purposes only.

In some cases we may provide a fan at the top of the apa-pratus (as illustrated in Figs. 6- and 7), this fanserving to increasethe upward draft for theupward fiow ofvthe gases or the like. The blades -(Z,. Z) of the fan may advantageously be formed with upturned lips- (m, at) having perforations (a, n); The fan may be used as a ventilatdrying fan, or the liquid may be introduced on it and projected through the perforations in the fan blades by thecentrifugal action generated by the rotation of the fan, the discharge liquid passing into 7 each of said chambers, said trays being provided with perforated receptacles at their outer ends, means for supplying liquid to said receptacles, and means for rotating said trays. 2. In apparatus of the kind described, the

combination with-a casing containing two or more chambers, provlded with openings connecting said. chambers, of walls around said openings, a revoluble tray in each of said chambers, said trays being provlded with perforated receptacles at their outer ends, means for supplying liquid to said receptacles and means for rotating said trays.

3. In apparatus of thekind described, the

combination'with a casing containing one or more chambers, of a revoluble tray in each of said chambers, the outer edges of said trays b'eing inturned to form receptacles and the bottom domed u wardly, the inturncd portions being provi ed with perforations,

of scoops depending from the tray for supplying liquid to the trays, and means for revolving the trays.

4. In apparatus of the kind described, the Combination with a casing containing two or more chambers, provided with openings connecting said chambers, of Walls around said openings, a revoluble shaft passing through said openings and mounted in suitable bearings, trays in each of said chambers mounted on said shaft, said trays being provided with perforated receptacles at their 10 outer ends, scoops secured to the trays for supplying liquid to the receptacles, means for rotating the shaft and trays, means for supplying liquid for all the chambers and means for admitting and demitting gas to and from the apparatus.

SIDNEY HERSEY.

ERNEST WILLIAM BLAKE.

Witnesses:

, JOHN E. BoUsFIELD,

C. G. REDFERN. 

